Comment & Opinion

Schools across the U.S. have ramped up cell phone bans over the last few years. Now researchers are testing the effects, and the results are mixed. Ev...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — “Good to see you! How’ve you been?” “Oh, coming along. Listen, I’m better because of you. We could be a whole lot worse off had it ...

The Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general identified $200 million in improper payments that Medicaid made for autism services bet...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Just as Sen. John Fetterman’s tension with his own party has grown since he began his term in 2023, so have the Pennsylvania Demo...

The most successful American train company of the last century may have been in “Atlas Shrugged.” A recent audit of Brightline Trains Florida shows th...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Who won the 2020 election? Was the Capitol attacked on Jan. 6, 2021? Can Donald Trump be elected to a third term as president? No b...

Jerome Powell is finished as Federal Reserve Board chairman, but he has time left in his term, so he is sticking around. He would be only the third ch...

Firefighting is a demanding and multifaceted line of work that extends far beyond just extinguishing flames. In communities like Bradford, this realit...

Democrat-run cities have found a way to reduce crime: adopt policies pushed by Republicans. In April, Baltimore had four homicides. That’s its lowest ...

The Army and Navy found 14 weapons systems that had “critical cost growth” in 2023 and 2024, meaning it will cost at least 25% more than expected to m...

In Washington, drug manufacturers are advocating to use rebates to undermine a critical program that supports health care for underserved communities....

When Pennsylvania’s Act 13 was signed into law 14 years ago, the goal of the bipartisan policy was straightforward: encourage responsible natural gas ...

The Los Angeles Police Department spent $315.5 million on overtime last year, and the fire department spent $283.4 million, leading to inflated take-h...

NEW YORK (TNS) — If you take the long view, America’s economic outlook is pretty bleak. Like a lot of rich countries, it is overwhelmed by debt it has...

If you’re afraid to let your opponent talk, you probably aren’t winning the debate. But it’s also hard to win the war of ideas when your audience can’...

How do you find out what’s happening in your community? Let’s talk about it. You may see me with my clipboard at farmers’ markets and festivals, askin...

The Department of the Interior spent $2.6 billion to help state and local governments and nonprofits manage drought conditions in the Colorado River B...

Pennsylvania’s political map is changing, but not in a way anyone anticipated. Defying political convention, Pennsylvanians are leaving the state’s tw...

The Facebook algorithm finally did something useful this week. It handed me SubwayTakes podcast reels — and now I’m hooked. I did not expect to like i...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Almost 250 years after the American Revolution, it took a visiting British monarch to remind Congress what the rebellion stood fo...